Means for and manner of packaging valves and similar products



S. C. OSBERG MEANS FOR AND MANNER OF PACKAGING VALVES AND SIMILARPRODUCTS Filed May 22, 1958 j] .5. 4 f j z j 11] 3 4+ fj' fi j 024 fUnited States Patent MEANS FOR AND MANNER OF PACKAGING VALVES ANDSIMILAR PRODUCTS Stanley C. Osberg, Rockford, Ill assignor to NationalLock (30., Rockford, 111., a corporation of Delaware Filed May 22, 1958,Ser. No. 737,060

2 Claims. (Cl. 206- 65) The present invention relates to a novel meansand manner of packagingvalves and similar products for shipment orstorage. Among the objects of the present invention is the provision ofa novel container or package for shipping and storing valves and similarfinished articles, the insert in the package being so designed as toreceive and retain a predetermined number of such articles all arrangedin a single plane and in spaced relation between an upper and a lowercorrugated pad.

Another important object of the present invention is the provision of anovel carton and manner of packaging and protecting valves or similararticles all retained in spaced relation and in full view in the opencarton whereby they may be inspected readily and accurately counted.

The present invention further comprehends a novel container forpackaging a predetermined number of valves or articles of similar shapearranged in spaced parallel grooves each conformably receiving andretaining the valve stem therein and transverse slots for receiving andretaining therein the valve head. The completed package requires but aminimum of storage space in that it is relatively small, compact and oflight weight so as to require but little efiort in handling. Due to thenovel manner of packaging the articles, the number of containersrequired for receiving and effectively protecting a large or givenquantity of such articles is substantially reduced over present knownmethods of packaging.

A further object is the provision of a container for the shipment andstorage of finished products, such valves provided with an elongatedstem having a valve head at one end, and in which said valves areretained in a novel manner between corrugated pads assuring effectiveprotection at all times, and when the container is opened for access tosaid valves, any one or more thereof may be quickly and easily removedwithout disturbing the remainder.

Further objects are to provide a construction of maximum simplicity,efiiciency, economy and ease of assembly and operation, and such furtherobjects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear andare inherently possessed thereby.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a view in perspective of one of the two layers or padsremoved from the novel package and showing its grooves and slots forreceiving and retaining a plurality of rows of finished valves orsimilar articles during shipment and storage.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged view in horizontal cross section of thenovel package or container showing the upper corrugated surface of thelower pad, the view being taken on approximately the line 22 of Fig. 3and viewed in the direction of the arrows, and showing the manner inwhich valves are arranged and retained in the longitudinal channels inthe lower of the corrugated pads or inserts in the container.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal cross section through theassembled package with the contained 2,941,662 Patented June 21, 1960 2valves in the lower pad or insert and retained therein by a similarupper pad overlying the lower one, the view being taken on substantiallythe line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in vertical cross section of the assembledpackage taken on substantially the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and viewed in thedirection of the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the disclosure in the drawing in which isshown an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the novelpackage or container assembly comprises a shipping and storage cartonhaving a base section 10 and a telescoping cover or top section 11,

the base section containing a lower pad or insert 12 and a similar upperpad or insert 13 each composed of multiple laminations 14 of fluted ordouble-face corrugated board and an overlying sheet 15 of a singlefiutted or corrugated paper having relatively large flutes or ridges 16and grooves 17.

Each of the corrugated pads 12 and 13 providing the filler or insert forthe containers in provided with transverse slots at 18 adjacent its endsand also with spaced transverse slots at 19 intermediate these endsdividing each pad into multiple sections 20. The length and size of thegrooves 17 of the cornigations of the sections 20 between the end slots18 and the adjacent slot 19 and between adjacent intermediate slots 19are such as to conformably receive in each groove 17 the stem 21 of avalve 22, with the head or enlargement 23 of the valve received in atransverse slot '18 or 19.

To most effectively package and protect the valves 22, the adjacentgrooves 17 of each section 20 of the corrugated sheet 15 conformablyreceive a valve stem 21 but with the valves 22 alternately arranged sothat the head 23 of a valve in one section is disposed in an end slot 18or in an intermediate slot l9 and the head 23 of the adjacent valve 22is disposed in the slot at the other end of this section. Also in theintermediate transverse slots 19 which are of a width greater than thatof the end slots 18, are received the heads 23 from alternately arrangedvalves in adjoining sections and rows 20 with these heads disposed instaggered relation as shown in Fig. 2.

The pads 12 and 13 being interchangeable, either may be the lower oneand receive the finished products. Each section 20 preferably receives asimilar number of finished valves 22 to facilitate counting thereof. Bymaking the packages of uniform size, each will receive and contain anequal number of valves or finished products arranged in the mannerdisclosed whereby the contained number can be quickly and easilydetermined and by reason of the novel manner of packaging the laborinvolved is reduced to a minimum. When the grooves have been filled, theoperator is assured of an equal number of the contained valves in eachcarton.

After the grooves 17 of the lower pad 12 have been filled, the similarpad 13 is placed over the top of the contained products in the mannershown in Figs. 3 and 4, to thereby retain the valve stems 21 in thegrooves 17. and with the heads 23 of the valves 22 projecting intoadjoining slots '18 or 19 of the overlying or upper pad 13. As shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the slots 18 and 19 extend through the pads 12 and 13. Anadditional sheet 24 of relatively heavy or rigid paperboard or the likemay be unless properly spaced and protected in storage and shipment. Bythe present nov'el manner of packaging, optimum protection is assureduntil ready for removal or use O 1 1 contained articles, and therecipient of the package may upon opening and removal of the upper pad,readily and easily. remove one or more valves therefrom for assembly orresale. Furthermore, as each section or row is designed so that it maycontain an equal number of valves, the number in each container can beeasily and quickly checked.

Having thus disclosed the invention, I claim:

1. Means for packaging valves and similar articles having a stern and ahead at one end, comprising a carton and a filler for said carton, saidfiller including an upper and a lower interchangeablecorrugated pad eachconsisting of multiple layers of corrugated paper and said pads arrangedinoverlying abutting relation, said pads having similarly arranged andspaced transverse slots adjacent the ends thereof and also intermediatesaid ends dividing each pad into multiple sections with each sectionhaving parallel rows of continuous grooves extending between the slots,the lower of said pads having on its upper face parallel rows of saidgrooves with the valve stems received and supported longitudinally insaid grooves in alternate relation in adjoining grooves and the heads ofsaid valves projecting into the slots at the opposite ends of eachsection and row of grooves in the lower pad, the upper pad, when placedover the lower pad containing the valves, abutting and retaining thevalve stems in the grooves of the lower pad and with the upper portionof the heads of the valves received in the aligned slots of the upperpad.

2. Means for packaging valves and similar articlesas set forth in claim1 in which the intermediate slots are of greater width than the endslots to receive the heads of the valves of adjoining sections.

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